Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Empowering communities of research and practice by conducting research for change and including participant voice in reflection on research

  • Forum
  • Published:
Cultural Studies of Science Education Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

In this paper, in response to Ajay Sharma’s paper titled “Portrait of a science teacher as a bricoleur: A case study from India” and associated reviews, I address the value of bridging two narrative styles for describing teacher development, discuss questions of over-essentializing an Indian school context, propose that teacher and student participants should be included in this type of writing series, and identify institutional barriers to researchers acting as agents-of-change.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Bennett, L., Collins, J., & Emdin, C. (2007). A metalogue on urban schools and science classrooms: Student voices on research products. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2, 387–392.

    Google Scholar 

  • Calabrese Barton, A., & Darkside (2000). Autobiography in science education: Greater objectivity through local knowledge. Research in Science Education, 30, 23–42.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Carlsen, W.S. (1993). Teacher knowledge and discourse control: Quantitative evidence from novice biology teachers’classrooms. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 30, 471–481.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Carr, W. (2006). Philosophy, methodology and action research. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 40, 421–435.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Delgado-Gaitan, C. (1993). Researching change and changing the researcher. Harvard Educational Review, 63, 389–411.

    Google Scholar 

  • Guba, E., & Lincoln, Y. (1989). Fourth generation evaluation. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.

    Google Scholar 

  • Holland, D. (1998). Identity and agency in cultural worlds. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Moll, L., Amanti, C., Neff, D., & Gonzalez, N. (1992). Funds of knowledge for teaching: A qualitative approach to developing strategic connections between homes and classrooms. Theory into Practice, 31, 132–141.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Nasir, N., & Hand, V. (2006). Exploring sociocultural perspectives on race, culture and learning. Review of Educational Research, 76, 449–476.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Tobin, K. (in press). Repetition, difference and rising up with research in education. In K. Ercikan & W.-M. Roth (Eds.), Generalizing from educational research. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates.

  • Turner, E., & Font, B. (2003). Fostering critical mathematical agency: Urban middle school students engage in mathematics to understand, critique and act upon their world. Paper presented at the American Education Studies Association Conference, Mexico City.

  • van Driel, J.H., Verloop, N., & de Vos, W. (1998). Developing science teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 35, 673–695.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Teaching and Learning, New York University, 239 Greene Street, Floor 6, New York, NY, 10003, USA

    Sreyashi Jhumki Basu

Authors
  1. Sreyashi Jhumki Basu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Sreyashi Jhumki Basu.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Basu, S.J. Empowering communities of research and practice by conducting research for change and including participant voice in reflection on research. Cult Stud of Sci Educ 3, 859–865 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11422-008-9119-8

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11422-008-9119-8

Keywords

Search

Navigation